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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.29
যদ্যপি কেবল তাঁর ক্রীড়ামাত্র ধর্ম ।
তথাপি জীবেরে কৃপায় করে এক কর্ম ॥ ২৯ ॥
yadyapi kevala tāṅra krīḍā-mātra dharma
tathāpi jīvere kṛpāya kare eka karma
Although His pastimes are His only characteristic functions, by His causeless mercy He performs one activity for the fallen souls.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s pastimes are His only characteristic functions.
He also performs one activity for the fallen souls.
He does this out of His causeless mercy.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
By His internal potency, Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa maintains the transcendental existence of all the planets in the spiritual sky, where all the living beings are eternally liberated souls. The influence of the material energy is conspicuous there by its absence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the phrase “causeless mercy” invite you to appreciate about the Lord?
Pause today to reflect gratefully on the Lord’s mercy toward fallen souls.
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